China believes that "to resolve" the issue of the Ukraine crisis it is necessary to "go back to the original point of the New Minsk Agreement", while "all parties should completely abandon the Cold War mentality and form a balanced European security mechanism," effective and sustainable through negotiations ".

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he considered "Russia's reasonable security concerns" which "should be taken seriously and resolved."

Wang, according to a note released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, referred to the Misk agreement "approved by the UN Security Council", which "is a fundamental political document recognized by all parties and should be effectively implemented".

The minister said, in his conversation this morning, that the security of one country "cannot be at the expense of that of others" and that "regional security cannot be guaranteed by strengthening or even expanding military blocks".

China also asks "all parties to remain calm and refrain from doing things that stimulate tension and promote crisis".

NEXT STEPS - Yesterday the United States and NATO sent their responses and counter-proposals to Russia, which asked for greater guarantees on the presence of the troops of the Atlantic Pact near its borders. Now the ball goes to Moscow again, which in the next few days will have talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and with the British foreign minister, Liz Truss.

The message sent by the coalition is clear: Ukraine must be able to choose its allies without any external interference or threat.

In the past few hours, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, illustrated the point of view of the Alliance, with three "essential points" for the resumption of a serious dialogue that leads to a de-escalation: "First of all - he began - we should re-establish our respective offices in Moscow and Brussels. Second, we should make full use of our current military communication channels to promote transparency and reduce risks and also seek to create a civilian communication line for emergencies. Third, we should consult on ways to prevent accidents in the air and at sea and pledge again to fully comply with international commitments on chemical and biological weapons. Finally, we need to have a serious conversation about arms control, including nuclear weapons and medium and short range weapons on the ground. These areas represent an agenda for meaningful dialogue. And I invited the allies and Russia to a series of meetings to address all these issues in more detail in the NATO-Russia Council. The allies are ready to meet as soon as possible ".